At this point of last year’s training camp, Kliff Kingsbury had not reached a final decision on which quarterback he would call plays for. On Monday, he chuckled behind a microphone as he confirmed that, yes, Jayden Daniels will be the Washington Commanders’ starter. He wore the pointy, wide-brimmed straw hat that has become such a trademark that the Commanders are selling it at the merchandise tent.

In his first season in Washington, Kingsbury arrived as a curiosity, the offensive coordinator who fled to Thailand following his aborted coaching tenure with the Arizona Cardinals and worked behind the scenes at Southern California. He returns for his second year as a prominent figure of an NFC championship game run, the play caller who shepherded Daniels through an incandescent rookie seaso

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